Football board game

Abstract

This invention provides a game in which the participants simulate plays in a football game according to a predetermined set of rules. Two sets of pegs represent various position players on each "football" team. The pegs fit snugly into holes placed equidistantly over an area representing a scaled version of a football field. The football field is made of a rigid flat board. the board is marked with horizontal lines representing yard line intervals which connect a pair of parallel vertical lines representing sidelines. Additionally, two rows of holes are adjacent to one sideline outside the field boundaries. Holes in these rows correspond to yard markers. Marker pegs fit into this row and allow players to keep track of forward progress and first downs. Three uniquely marked dice are provided. One die having an equal number of two distinct markings corresponding to each of two sets of pegs, or teams. The other two dice comprise a number die and a multiplier die. The number facing up on the number die is multiplied by another integer defined by a code. The code is one of three letters placed on the face of multiplier die. Each code letter appears a different number of times on the die faces. Participant rolls dice to determine the sequence and number of player moves its team will receive on a particular play, then moves the player pegs correspondingly.

I claim: 
     
       1. A football board game apparatus for simulating single football plays where said plays may be compiled to simulate a full football game or used in any other combination that would constitute a full game as determined by two opponents; Said board apparatus comprising a football playing area including a first plurality of equidistant holes for marking locations on said playing area;   a second plurality of equidistant holes for marking individual movement and location of said pegs on said playing area;   a plurality of pegs divided by color code into a pair of matching sets, each said set of pegs representing an imaginary football team;   random selecting means for determining range of movement of said pegs through said plurality of locations;   wherein first said random selecting means includes a cubic die with an equal number of two different color markings, each color corresponding to the color of one set of pegs indicated thereon to determine which of the opposing sets of pegs moves first in the play of said game;   second said random selecting means including a cubic die having at least three distinct letters displayed thereon, a first letter being displayed singularly on three sides, a second said letter being displayed singularly on two sides, and a third said letter being displayed singularly on the remaining side;   third said random selecting means including a cubic die having four integers displayed thereon, wherein each of the two lowest integers being displayed singularly on two sides of said die and the remaining integers each being displayed singularly on a side of said die;   said letter displayed on the upward face of said second die corresponding to an integer value multiplied with the integer displayed on the upward facing side of said third die to form a product which determines the number of player moves allocated to the participants; and   a football piece including means for removably attaching said piece to a selected one of said pegs to indicate the peg having possession of the football.   
     
     
       2. A football game apparatus comprising: a game board having surface area representative of a football field;   said game board including a field portion and a sideline portion;   said field portion being generally rectangular, and bounded on two long sides by sidelines and on two short sides by end lines;   a plurality of holes spaced equidistantly apart on said field portion in the area bounded by said sidelines and said endlines;   line segments traversing in spaced relation said field portion to connect said sidelines;   said sideline portion being outside of said field portion adjacent to one of said sidelines, said sideline portion including holes spaced in regular intervals along a line parallel with said sidelines;   a plurality of pegs divided into two colored sets, each peg having a protruding pin for detachably securing said peg in any hole in said field portion; each peg having at least one stripe for identification of said peg as a player position;   three cubic dice for randomly selecting a combination of outcomes,   a first die having an equal number of two different color markings, each color corresponding to one set of pegs;   a second die having at least three distinct letters displayed thereon, a first letter being displayed singularly on three sides, a second letter being displayed singularly on two sides, and a third letter being displayed singularly on the remaining side;   a third die having four integers displayed thereon wherein each of the two lowest integers are displayed singularly on two sides of said die and the remaining integers are displayed singularly on another side of said die;   a football; and   means for removably attaching said football to any one of said pegs.